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Other than the illegal drugs charges filed against Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that he also faces charges for violation of the election gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to the Philippine National Police, ever since the election gun ban, they have arrested 396 gun ban violators, most of which are civilians. The PNP also confiscated 254 guns, 2, 000 deadly weapons, 14 grenades and others. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/v_I-_8VVtFE
A group of comfort women expressed concern that their quest for justice may be derailed as the government courts Japan’s support in the Philippines’ territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea. According to Atty. Harry Roque, Japan’s human rights violations against the comfort women in World War II should not be set aside just for the sake of the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
China plans to construct a new nuclear power plant within its vast territorial waters. According to China’s Atomic Energy Authority, said nuclear aims to double China’s nuclear power capability by 2020. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Defending its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, China’s Foreign Ministry declared that China and the United States of America should formulate a solution to resolve the issue. Said statement was made after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Beijing. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Facebook Inc smashed investors’ expectations with a 52-percent jump in quarterly revenue as it sold more ads targeted at a fast-growing number of mobile users, sending its shares sharply higher after hours. The world’s biggest online social network bucked the trend of underwhelming tech results from Apple Inc and eBay Inc, in the face of economic uncertainty around the world and a strong U.S. dollar depressing the value of overseas sales. Facebook’s dominance in mobile […]
Buildings were damaged and cars submerged on Wednesday (January 27) as a severe storm caused flash flooding in the Victorian city of Geelong. Local media reported that the State Emergency Service (SES) received almost 500 calls for help with 18 people rescued and residential homes and commercial properties damaged. On Thursday (January 28) the clean up continued with home owners and restaurant workers returning to survey the damage. “It stopped raining, the streets start to […]
The Arianespace program launched it’s first rocket of 2016 on Wednesday (January 27) night from it’s launchpad in French Guiana. The Ariane Five rocket is carrying a payload that contains Intelsat’s next generation communications satellite, Intelsat 29e. The rocket will launch the satellite into orbit for Intelsat, who provide high-performance connectivity services for media and mobile broadband communications. Arianespace is scheduled to launch two further Intelsat satellites in 2016. The launch phase was successful on […]
Emperor Akihito of Japan praised President Aquino’s leadership resulting in the Philippines’ steady development as an active member of the Asian community. “Your Excellency, under your sagacious and distinguished leadership, the Philippines is achieving steady development as a vital member of the Asian community,” Emperor Akihito said in his speech during the state banquet hosted in his honor in Malacanang on Wednesday. “It was a great privilege to welcome you to Japan as a state […]
Hilda Venancio da Silva holds nurses her three-month-old son Matheus, born in October with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas. But she is not alone. In the hospital where he was born, dozens of other mothers also gave birth to infants with abnormally small heads. More than 1,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported in just a few months in Pernambuco state, the […]
(Reuters) — Russia and China are imposing their biggest clampdown on civil society in a generation and Europe’s efforts to manage its migrant crisis risk undermining its core values, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in its annual global review. The review of more than 90 countries’ human rights records, released in Istanbul on Wednesday (January 27), highlighted Russia and China but said rights crackdowns are also taking place in countries from Ethiopia to […]
(Reuters) — The mosquito-borne Zika virus could be linked to 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil including 49 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (January 26). “Now, associated with Zika right now in Brazil, we see close to 4,000 microcephaly cases. Microcephaly again, is the condition with abnormally small heads in infants, in babies born, which normally goes along with a smaller brain development as well. Many, quite some already […]
